Azog, also known as the Defiler (portrayed by Manu Bennett) is one of the main antagonists of The Hobbit. Before the entire films, the Defiler fought in the Battle of Moria, a conflict in the Orcs-Dwarves war. He beheaded Thrór and abducted Thráin. He went ahead to kill a young Thorin Oakenshield. However, Thorin was able to cut off Azog's arm before he killed him. The orc spent the next few decades in recovery and hidden in the shadows By the time of AN unexpected Journey Azog sought his revenge on Thorin Oakenshield by hunting him and his entire company down. He first sends an Orc pack to hunt them down. Thorin bas assumed that Azog has been dead for the past few years. After his orcs fail to kill the Dwarves, Azog kills his second-in-command and takes on to lead the hunt himself. He is tipped off by the Great Goblin and corners them at the edge of the cliff. There he is confronted by Oakenshied whom is almost killed before he is saved by Bilbo Baggins and the eagles arrive to fly Thorin and Company safely to the Carrock. In The Desolation of Smaug, he is revealed to be a servant of Sauron who is under the alias of the Necromancer. Even though his master wishes to demolish the party looking for Thorin, Azog sends his son, Bolg into finish the job. Sauron has Azog advancing on Erebor. In The Battle of the Five Armies , after Smaug's death has reached every part of Middle-Earth, He orc later commands a legion of Orcs to take the Lonely Mountain away from the Dwarves and leads his army into the battle of the Five ARmies. On Ravenhill, he captures and kills Fíli and ends up in a duel with Thorin Oakenshield. Azog later mortally wounds Thorin, while the latter kills the former and lies dead on the frozen lake.
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